MathsJam is a monthly meeting for people interested in recreational mathematics, and drinking of beer. At the Edinburgh meeting in August, we were presented with this Listener Crossword, from The Times Crossword Club. At the time of writing, there are…
Alpha Mountain from Dione. Tantalus Range, SW British Columbia, Canada.
Beinn Bhan descent ridge from the A'Chioch ridge. Applecross, Scotland.
The summut of Serratus. Tantalus Range, SW British Columbia, Canada. Climber : Cormac Flynn.
Walkers on the Fairfield Horseshoe. Lake District, Cumbria.
Toll an Lochain. An Teallach, North West Scotland.
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Drawing geodesic curves using the Bing maps Silverlight control
For an upcoming post I wanted to be able to plot the shortest routes between various positions on the Earth using the Bing Maps Silverlight control. Although since I started working on the problem Bing have provided a similar feature…
Reaction-Diffusion Models
One of Alan Turing‘s many contributions to mathematics and science during the 20th century was his 1952 paper on “The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis” in which he suggested that a simple model of coupled differential equations could account for pattern…
URM Emulator
The Unlimited Register Machine (URM), designed by Nigel Cutland, is an abstraction of a computer similar to the Turing Machine – but somewhat easier to get to grips with and more in tune with the operation of a modern computer…